Two Weeks

In two weeks, I will be in Heaven ... okay not literally (well, who knows, I might be if the Lord sees fit!) ... but I'll be close to Heaven on Earth - put it that way!

I'll be seated inside Neyland Stadium getting ready to see the Tennessee Volunteers take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Honestly, I don't have high aspirations that Tennessee will win this game. (As Rissy would say, I need to think positively (ha!) but seriously, we've only won three games!) They are having a rough season with all that happened last year; and it's a bad sign when Kentucky has already won more games than the Vols. We're in a rebuilding time, but one day, the Vols will be the Tennessee of old.

Neyland Stadium is one of the largest college football stadiums in the United States. I have been inside the stadium once before but not for a game & I was just overwhelmed. The sheer sign of the stadium seen from the highway is just unbelieveable. I've never been to a Tennessee game and have heard it is unlike anything you've ever experience; so I am stoked!

I am so excited. I pray for a victory but even if the Vols don't score an actual victory on the field, it will still be a victory for me to be at the game, see Smokey on the loose and sing "ROCKY TOP" at the top of my lungs!

My co-workers even got me an orange & white cake for my birthday to help me prepare. So let's go Volunteers. If you don't win another game this season, try hard to beat Kentucky for my sake!!!

Paint it Red, White & Blue ...

Election 2010 proved to be very interesting in North Carolina. For the first time, since, I believe what I heard on the news this morning, the Spanish-American War, the Republicans now control both the NC House & Senate. Wow!

Now, I will admit that I am neither registered Republican nor Democrat; I am Unaffiliated. I do not vote based on the party alone (many will disagree with me on that). I research a person and their stance on issues, and review their education & prior experience (particularly for judges). Once I have done my research, then I make a decision that I feel best aligns with how I feel personally or how I believe it will impact our State and Nation.

I voted bright and early yesterday morning (voter # 152!). And after a super long day at work, I went downtown Raleigh to the Election Victory Night at the Marriott City Center. That was a unique and fun experience to mingle with all sorts of people and watch results both local and nationwide come in.


One of my close friends' husband was running for Wake County Commissioner. I'll admit that I was quite worried about whether he would win or not since he was challenging a pretty popular incumbent. But the announcement was made that my friend, Phil Matthews won. I was happy to be there when that announcement was made and be one of the first to congratulate him, have my picture made with him AND even found out later be on the news with (thanks to NBC 17)!!



So a very exciting night ... shall be interesting to see what transpires down the road and what changes are made. For those of you that voted, thank you; you did your duty, your voice was heard and I applaud you. And for those of you that didn't vote, that's your loss and in my view, you have no right to complain in the future because you could have done something about it!

God bless America!!